Heliker House, Cranberry Island, Maine

1969

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a room with a chaise lounge against a wall. The chaise is covered in neutral fabric with a pillow and papers on it. The room's color palette is grayscale with whites, grays, and blacks. To the left is a closed door and to the right, a small side table with an ashtray. Beneath the chaise is a single white shoe on the floor. Above the chaise, a small framed picture hangs on the wall. A rectangular box is visible on the floor under the side table.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Walker Evans: Subway Photographs and Other Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Addison Gallery, Andover, 1991-1992.

Bibliography

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 62.

Inscriptions

on mat face, lower right in graphite: Walker Evans; on inside mat, lower center in graphite: Interior, Inverness N.S., Canada 1971; lower left verso: Evans estate stamp with i nventory number XXIII-21 added in graphite; lLv//in graphite: #4; lCv//in graphite: F[&]L 159; by lat er hand, lRv//in graphite: Heliker House / Cranberry Island,Maine; lRv//in graphite: 1969; uRv//in graphite: .114

Wikidata ID

Q64169914

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